This beautiful exhibition catalogue contextualizes the suite of life-size animal portraits and related drawings within Oudry's career. It also presents a history of the phenomenon known as "Clara-mania," when the rhinoceros Clara caused a public sensation throughout Europe.
(Hardcover, $60.00; paperback, $39.95)

For children ages 8 and up, this delightful story, with fanciful illustrations, follows Clara the Rhinoceros from her birth in India to her exploits in Berlin, Versailles, Paris, Rome, and Venice.
(Hardcover, $17.95)